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Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso takes over as Pakistan's 6th interim PM

Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retired) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath as sixth caretaker Prime Minister of  Pakistan. Justice Khoso held that the caretaker set-up was not going to stay for more than the stipulated period and maintained that elections would ..

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Tiger Woods Reclaims No. 1 Ranking with Win at 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational

With his eighth career win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Woods reclaimed the world No.1 ranking for the first time since 2010. Woods replaces Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy atop the world rankings.

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Nikhil Kumar new Governor of Kerala

Nikhil Kumar sworn in as the 20th Governor of Kerala. Former Indian Police Service officer Nikhil Kumar  had earlier also served as Nagaland governor, the head of the NSG (National Security Guard) and was a Congress MP.

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Navneet Kaur Dhillon Crowned Miss India 2013

Navneet Kaur Dhillon won Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 Sobhita Dhulipala, from Mumbai won first runner up and actress Zoya Afroz (18) from Lucknow was awarded second runner up. This year was the 50th anniversary of the competition. Ms Dhillon, who also won the ..

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Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe passed away

Chinua Achebe – Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was best known for literary work “Things Fall Apart (1958)” – the novel which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. best known for his first novel ..

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